distract from the horrors of war, give impetus to
new activities, and strengthen the economy of our
country.”
Because of frequent blackouts, lighting is a
big concern. “We developed a small, powerful
flashlight for emergency lighting,” said Olga. A
workshop at Hacklab Kyiv walked people through
the flashlight project. “Together with volunteers,
we assembled emergency lights for three
different animal shelters and then we started
going to women's shelters and organizations
supported by the International Medical Corps
and doing emergency lighting for them,” added
Olga. The flashlight is an open source project
at: github.com/tolocar-project/solutions/tree/
main/Emergency%20light. The people who
took the classes said that it helped them feel
more capable, creative, and supported by the
community.
Olga along with Volodymyr Babii have worked
with various organizations. They developed
a heating efficiency upgrade and made an
emergency power system for Hacklab Kyiv. They
worked with the Bobry (which means “beavers”
in Ukrainian) workshop in Sumy to make a spot
welding machine together so that they could
independently weld batteries and make power
banks.
Tolocar can help people feel like someone
really cares because they invest time, share skills
and knowledge, and stay in touch afterwards. I
also hope that it will help people recognize the
value of having such a space in their community
to get additional support and training.
NEW SKILLS TO SURVIVE
Learning new skills is necessary to survive or
to stay in business. Julia Yalanzhi runs Yalanzhi
Objects, a small manufacturing business in
Kyiv that produces eco-friendly lamps. She says
her project is a “combination of art, handicraft,
and utility using ceramics and recycled paper.”
Because all the men who worked in her business
were mobilized by the army, she took it upon
herself to learn how to weld and to solder.
“The war tore our family apart,” said Julia.
“My husband went to the AFU, and I went into
manufacturing. New times forced me to learn
new skills.”
Olga Ivanchenko teaches a 3D printing workshop
in Chernivtsi.
Success: working flashlights
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